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Imagine opening a hospital, being completely transparent about your Christian values, serving your community with excellence, and then being criticised for holding the very beliefs you’ve always held. That’s exactly what is happening to Mater Hospital Springfield. The newly opened hospital has come under attack from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians… Read More
This week, as Australia marks National Volunteer Week, we want to sincerely thank you, our incredible volunteers, for faithfully supporting the work of the Australian Christian Lobby. Across the nation, you generously give your time, skills, encouragement and prayers to help advocate for truth, freedom, life and family in the public square. In a culture… Read More
So much hard work went into lobbying the City of Albany. The aim was: Keep Children Safe Albany held multiple community consultation sessions to see if there was broader community support for these outcomes. Meetings were held with council members. The concerns were raised at Ordinary Council meetings, but this did not resolve the issues. … Read More
Albany locals decided to act after discovering, and unsuccessfully asking for the removal of, sexually explicit and age-inappropriate books in the children’s section of their local library. Undeterred, the group Keep Children Safe Albany, aided by a large number of ACL volunteers, collected over 300 signatures calling for a Special Electors meeting, legally obliging the local… Read More
‘We believe that exemptions to our discrimination laws are not necessary to protect religious freedom’. So begins “Faith invites, not excludes’ written by Father Chris Bedding and Dr Daniel Vujcich ( Opinion 20/06/24, The West Australian) That may be true for their religion. But for all those who hold to the traditional teachings of Judaism,… Read More
Earlier this year, a huge billboard with a sexually explicit photo in Osborne Park in WA sparked public outrage. The mainstream media and talk back radio carried the story. There was broad community outrage. The result was that some 350 formal complaints were lodged with AD Standards. ACL was one of the many community groups… Read More
In November 2022 the McGowan Government announced that it was moving to modernise WA’s abortion laws. Public submissions were called for. ACL provided a detailed and well-researched submission. The Health Department had an online survey that required multiple-choice type responses, which did not allow for any views other than maintaining the current law or liberalising… Read More
The McGowan Government has announced that it supports the recommendations of the Ministerial Expert Panel to rewrite West Australia’s surrogacy and reproductive technology legislation to allow single men and same sex couples access to surrogacy. Under WA current laws (Surrogacy Act 2008) only heterosexual couples can access surrogacy in WA. Regrettably, these recommendations are grounded… Read More
The resignation of WA Premier Mark McGowan has caught everyone by surprise. After serving as a State MP for 26 years and Premier for six years, he has decided to quit politics, effective Friday. He says he is exhausted and burnt out. The COVID years and being Premier and Treasurer appear to have taken their… Read More
This years Rally for Life at the WA Parliament drew a crowd of close to 2000 people, much the same as last year. The Rally marked the 25th Anniversary of the passing of WA’s abortion laws in 1998, which has seen some 200,000 unborn children not getting to see the light of day on account… Read More